How to Stretch Before Cardio Kickboxing

Video Transcript

"My name is Chemin Alldredge. I'm a 2nd degree Black Belt in Tae Kwan Do. I'm here with Expert Village and today we'll be going over beginner cardio kickboxing. Alright, now we are going to move onto stretching. Stretching is very important so we make sure we don't pull any muscles. So now that we are warmed up and our muscles are a little bit loose, we are going to stretch them out really good. So first thing I want you to do I want to take your hands and move them up, up and over and we are just going to stretch out these sides and we are going to hold it for 5,4,3,2,1. And over to the other side 5,4,3,2 and 1. And go ahead and move down to your right leg. And you're going to want to grab behind your ankles and pull your chest towards your leg. And we are going to hold it for 5,4,3,2 and 1. Go down to the middle, grab behind your arms and just hug your legs, bringing your chest to your legs. Hold it for 5,4,3,2 and 1. And over to your left leg 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. You?re going to just come down, stretch out that leg. 3, 2, 1. Switch over 1, 2 , 3. And then you?re going to come into a froggy position and just let it sit for 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Rotate your right leg over. 3, 2, 1. And rotate your left leg over. 3, 2, 1. Sit back. Go ahead and put your right leg out. Reach down, making sure you bring your chest to your knees and hold it for 5,4,3,2,1. Switch over. 5, 4,3,2,1. And then both legs out and straddle and down the middle. 5, 4,3,2,1. Switch over. 5,4,3,2,1. Bring it into a butterfly. You want to make sure to try and hold all of your stretching for at least 10 to 15 seconds a piece and maybe even re-do some of them to make sure that you are really, really stretched out. 5,4,3,2,1. Your going to put one foot in front, pull the other one back and bring your chest again down to your knee. Hold it for 5,4,3,2,1 and switch. It's very, very important to stretch. You don't want to pull anything while you are working out so you want to make sure you get a good stretch or else you won't be able to do it anymore. Good. Take one over the other. Turn back and stretch out your back. 3,2,1. Last one. 5,4,3,2,1. Alright, now that we are done stretching we can get ready to go ahead and work out."